Gulls on the Neuse River
My husband and I are off to a wedding, as well as a visit with family up North. Good food, good times and good fellowship await!
I hope you and yours enjoy a safe, happy and calm weekend.
© WryGrass 2013
May 18, 2013 in Birds, Images
Tagged East Coast, image, Laughing Gull, Neuse River, Photography, Pylons, Sea gull, Seagulls
“I was looking for the beach…but this clover will suffice.”
This Laughing Gull made me chuckle as I was editing photos this past weekend.
He looks a little displaced, don’t you think?
© WryGrass 2013
May 15, 2013 in Birds, Images
Tagged Bird, clover, East Coast, flowers, Gull, image, Laughing Gull, Photography, Sea gull, Seagull, United States, Wild Birds, Wildflowers
I spent 4 hours toting my elderly folks around to various doctor appointments and such Monday afternoon, argh! At one point, I did manage to drag them into a local frozen yogurt joint and we really had a blast – they were like two little kids! It was funny observing their protests turn to glee with one bite of simple frozen dairy and some toppings.
So by the time I made it back home, it was dinner time. Normally I relish cooking and creating – not today, my you-know-what was dragging and I simply could not channel Julia Child! Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Healthy and Yummy
Tagged Asparagus, Black pepper, Cheese, Cook, Delicious, Easy, Eggs, Fast, For Two, Frittata, Goat, Goat cheese, Home, Olive oil, Sautéing, Sea salt
Patterns from Union Point Park, New Bern, NC
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© WryGrass 2013
I hope everyone enjoys a lovely Sunday!
Butterflies and Flowers Images © WryGrass 2013
Posted in Images
Tagged Butterflies, Flower, Happy Mother's Day, Images, Monarch Butterfly, Mother, Mother Nature, Mothers Day, Photography, Wildflowers, Zinnia
This Carolina Anole is looking for a fashion update.
He spent several minutes attempting to chew off the loose skin from his feet.
Mostly he lolled about, perhaps hoping the old winter clothing would just fall off.
A few days later I spied him (or one of his kin) on my house siding, all bright and green.
I think he was showing off his new summer duds!
Carolina Anole Images © WryGrass 2013
Posted in Images
Tagged Brown Anole, Carolina, Carolina anole, Clothing, Fashion, Images, Lizard, Lizards, Photography, Shedding, United States
Pearl Cantrell, 105, says bacon is key to long life.
Still of Pearl Cantrell in front of the weinermobile (© Big Country, http://aka.ms/bacon-grandma)
Why, oh why, oh why???!!!!! This is the LAST thing that we women want to see in the news when we’re trying to get our husbands to eat healthy!!!
AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
I seriously don’t think that fried pork has anything to do with her longevity…how about her awesome gene pool?
English: Piglets Inquisitive youngsters at Scarffbanks. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Who would want to eat these cute little guys?!
Posted in Other Stuff
Tagged Bacon, Gene pool, KRBC-TV, Longevity, Meat, NBC, Oscar Mayer, Pearl Cantrell, Texas, Wienermobile
Homemade, warm from the oven pizza is soooooo good and satisfying, especially if you’ve made it yourself! It’s taken me several months, countless recipes and dozens of trials to find a recipe that consistently produces a tasty pizza with a good crust that is neither cracker thin nor too doughy. Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Savory
Tagged Baking, Cook, Delicious, Dough, Flour, Home, Homemade, Homemade Pizza, Italy, King Arthur, Olive oil, Oven, Peel, Peel (tool), Pizza, Pizza dough, Pizza stone, Sheet pan, Spelt, Stretching dough, Stretching pizza, Yeast
Once upon a time, I was creative. I enjoyed writing poetry and essays. Various sketches lined my walls. Photography class in college ignited me. Work as a stone artisan was challenging and inspiring. My artistic alter ego and I were happy and content.
Then, life and responsibility took over. New motherhood, exhaustion and a “normal” desk job seemingly left little time for me to spend with my creative counterpart. Despondent, my alter ego left me and shut herself away for a number of years. She would emerge here and there when I was crafting with the kids. She’d appear briefly when I was picking out paint colors for the house. She tried in vain to remind me that I was once artsy and eclectic. I continually ignored her and went about my daily hectic routine.
Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Musings
Tagged Home, Family, Inspiration, artistic expression, Alter ego, Parenting, Creativity, art, Self Neglect, Self Expression, You Tube, Humor, Video, Essay, Mother, Make Good Art, Neil Gaiman, Creating, Single Parenting, Artist, Musings, Boredom
Luckily, my daughter spied and then gently relocated the above Luna moth from her boyfriend’s truck tire before they drove off!
These lovely photographs were taken by my daughter…with her I-Phone! I was planning on upgrading my camera; now I’m wondering if I should be upgrading my mobile phone instead.
Enjoy a wonderful and safe weekend!
© WryGrass 2013
Posted in Images
Tagged Actias luna, flowers, image, Iris, Irises, Luna, Luna moth, Mobile phone, Moth, Photography
